Salon des Refuses

Art exhibition and sale from the works not selected for the 23 annual Governor's Art Show. Background As early as the 1830s, Paris art galleries had mounted small-scale, private exhibitions of works rejected by the Salon jurors. The glamorous event of 1863 was actually sponsored by the French government. In that year, artists protested the Salon jury?s rejection of more than 3,000 works, far more than usual.